skate

I [skeɪt]

nome (ice) pattino m. da ghiaccio; (roller) pattino m. a rotelle

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get your skates on! — colloq. pedala! sbrigati!

we'd better get our skates on! — colloq. faremmo meglio a sbrigarci!

II [skeɪt]

verbo intransitivo pattinare (on, along su)

to skate across o over — attraversare pattinando [lake]

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to be skating on thin ice — avanzare su un campo minato

III [skeɪt]

nome (pl. skate, - ś) (fish) razza f.

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I 1. [skeit] noun

1) (a boot with a steel blade fixed to it for moving on ice etc: I can move very fast across the ice on skates.)

2) (a roller-skate.)

2. verb

1) (to move on skates: She skates beautifully.)

2) (to move over, along etc by skating.)

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- skater

- skateboard
- skating-rink II [skeit] plurals - skate, skates; noun

1) (a kind of large, flat fish.)

2) (its flesh, used as food.)

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I [skeɪt] n

(pl inv: fish) razza

II [skeɪt]

1. n

pattino

to get one's skates on — (fig: hurry up) affrettarsi, sbrigarsi

2. vi

pattinare

to go skating — andare a pattinare

to skate across/down etc — attraversare/scendere etc pattinando

it went skating across the room fig — è scivolato lungo la stanza

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- skate over

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skate (1) /skeɪt/

n. (pl. skates, skate)

(zool., Raja) razza.

skate (2) /skeɪt/

n. (sport)

1 pattino (da ghiaccio)

2 (= roller-skate) pattino a rotelle; scattino; schettino

3 pattinata

● skate guard, coprilama (di pattino) □ (fig. fam.) to get (o to put) one's skates on, affrettarsi; sbrigarsi □ roller-skate, pattino a rotelle.

(to) skate /skeɪt/

v. i.

1 (sport) pattinare (sul ghiaccio; talora, a rotelle); schettinare, scattinare

2 (slang USA) inchiodare un creditore; piantare (o lasciare) un chiodo (pop.)

3 (slang USA) andarsene in fretta; battersela; filare

4 (slang USA) cavarsela; scansare una condanna

● (sport) to skate to music, pattinare al suono della musica □ (fam. ingl.) to skate it, farcela facilmente; riuscirci bene.

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I [skeɪt]

nome (ice) pattino m. da ghiaccio; (roller) pattino m. a rotelle

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get your skates on! — colloq. pedala! sbrigati!

we'd better get our skates on! — colloq. faremmo meglio a sbrigarci!

II [skeɪt]

verbo intransitivo pattinare (on, along su)

to skate across o over — attraversare pattinando [lake]

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to be skating on thin ice — avanzare su un campo minato

III [skeɪt]

nome (pl. skate, - ś) (fish) razza f.